If expensive and cheap had a fight, who would win?

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Our hero is in a meeting with grown-ups. Theyâve got the guns but weâve got the numbers, you know?

I have pulled out my Mont Blanc roller-ball pen and quietly unscrewed it. The chief suit opposite has done the same with his Mont Blanc fountain pen. My boys have smiled quietly and settled in their seats. Started on the biscuits. We are not here to sign contracts. We are here to give you a fucking kicking.

I win.

Until things get warm. At which point I gesticulate with my Mont Blanc.

The top flies off, shoots across the table and whacks some Muppet just above the left eyebrow, causing a small purple spot to appear.

I lose.

I would have been better off with a Biro.

Its like Breiting vs Swatch. One marks you down as a flying fairy who is good with colours, the other is a decent, cheap Swiss watch.

Versace luggage says "Pillage my baggage and give my best to your family in Romania". A Woolworths black case says "I am a tourist on a cheap flight".

If expensive and cheap had a fight, who would win?

I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be. You're gonna make sweet love to me.Sun Tzu. The Art of War

Clanker

LE

Always treat your kite like you treat your woman.
I say sir, do you mean take her home at the weekend to meet your mother?
No, I mean get inside her five times a day and take her to heaven and back. Woof!

Time to get boring: A pencil is an exceptionally dangerous utensil inside any orbiting space craft. NASA actually did a study on this same dilemma
and found that it was too risky to take pencils on board due to facts like if the nib were to break then the chance of it hitting a circuit board or suchlike were actually quite high and if it caused a short could be lethal.

LE

A little known village in Eastern Europe, somewhere near to Stalingrad. Now, Stalingrad on the other hand; that's a place of note. One of the bloodiest battles in human history took place there (Jul 1942-Feb 1943). c.1.5 million casualties. Basically the Russians, with their numerical superiority, whooped the Germans, who had significant technological advantages.

Expensive and cheap having a fight. You decide which side was cheap; the Russions (of whom 1.12 Million were killed, wounded or captured) or the Germans (0.75 million)? To answer the question you need to define 'cost'.

Who can take your trash out? Stomp it down for you? Shake the plastic bag and do the twisty thingy-doo? The Garbage Man! Yes, the Garbage Man Can!

LE

Was that the famous occasion when the german 6th Army were surrounded and destroyed by a bunch of blokes with corks hanging off their helmets?

STRALingrad, see....Taxi!

Always treat your kite like you treat your woman.
I say sir, do you mean take her home at the weekend to meet your mother?
No, I mean get inside her five times a day and take her to heaven and back. Woof!

LE

On a slightly more serious note, you could use the US performance in the two Iraq wars as the counter-argument - The expensive option; buckets of airpower, high-tech armour and smart munitions, wiping the floor with the decidedly more numerous and cheaply equipped Iraqis.

Cheap normally wins because it's simple and easily replaced.

Always treat your kite like you treat your woman.
I say sir, do you mean take her home at the weekend to meet your mother?
No, I mean get inside her five times a day and take her to heaven and back. Woof!

LE

On a slightly more serious note, you could use the US performance in the two Iraq wars as the counter-argument - The expensive option; buckets of airpower, high-tech armour and smart munitions, wiping the floor with the decidedly more numerous and cheaply equipped Iraqis.

Time to get boring: A pencil is an exceptionally dangerous utensil inside any orbiting space craft. NASA actually did a study on this same dilemma
and found that it was too risky to take pencils on board due to facts like if the nib were to break then the chance of it hitting a circuit board or suchlike were actually quite high and if it caused a short could be lethal.

It is an urban myth that the Russians used pencils; they used cheap biros instead. They work fine in zero-g, the ink gets to the ball via capillary action or somesuch. They don't need gravity to work, hold one sideways and test it yourself. Gravity will stop them working though if you hold them upside down.

Time to get boring: A pencil is an exceptionally dangerous utensil inside any orbiting space craft. NASA actually did a study on this same dilemma
and found that it was too risky to take pencils on board due to facts like if the nib were to break then the chance of it hitting a circuit board or suchlike were actually quite high and if it caused a short could be lethal.

It is an urban myth that the Russians used pencils; they used cheap biros instead. They work fine in zero-g, the ink gets to the ball via capillary action or somesuch. They don't need gravity to work, hold one sideways and test it yourself. Gravity will stop them working though if you hold them upside down.

War Hero

Old-Salt

hmm intriguing choice. Cheap is nasty hangovers, but gets you just as hammered. and more often.

expensive is classy as Oakley's, Jag's and other gucci kit. Sadly usually not Dandan proof.

"sometimes 'No' can mean 'Only if you really want to impose your phallocratic authority over me without any regard for my human rights.' We need to learn to respect the woman's choice in these matters before shitting in her mouth."